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In Dalmatia, Christmas food is very various. It is depended from town to town,from islands to island. I am bringing you some old receipt what we preparing day before Christmas.

That day everybody prepares cods on two ways.

One is legendary "Bjanko brudet" or "white brudet"…he is very dry.
and the other one is “Brudet” he is with lot of sauce.

BRUDET:

You need for 4 people:
Cod
1 kg potato
3 dl olive oil
Garlic, parsley, 2 laurels
1 spoon of honey
Salt, pepper

How to make:

After you take a cod from water where he was for 24 hour you need to thresh him
and than clean him from the bone. Take of the skin from him and cut on slice.
When you do that put all meet in warm oil for 5 minutes. When you take him out
In same meat fry garlic and when he become yellow you need assort one file of cod
than one file of potato’s on slides. When you finish whit folding, put inside serrate garlic,
salt ,pepper, parsley, laurels. From time to time you need to shake whole pot with out mixing.

…Serve"brudet" with nice bottle of white wine.

….and some delicious dessert later.

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A few weeks ago I noticed that we could by Tuborg Christmas brew in the shops here in Croatia, so I think I was about time to inform about the tradition connected to this beer in my home country Denmark.

In Denmark we have 2 very important Christmas days, of cause Christmas evening, the second one is the day when Christmas starts the J-DAY!

So what is J-DAY? Here comes the explanation!

In 1981 the famous Danish brewery Tuburg, launched a beer called Tuburg Julebryg (Tuborg Christmas beer) or Sne Plis, (Snow beer), the beer immediately became a great success, every year the hype about the beer increased, so in 1990 Tuborg launched the first J-DAY, (J beeing the first letter in Jul, the Danish word for Christmas) on the second Wednesday in November. On the J-DAY the sale of the Julebryg start in bars all over the country at exactly at 20:59, so you can imagine the croud!

In 1999 Tuborg had to change the J-DAY from Wednesday to Friday simply because of the reason, that to many young people did not show up to school or work, the day after.

Another interesting think about the Tuburg Julebryg (Christmas brew) since the launch back in 1981 the same commercial has been used in Cinemas’ and on TV, so people has a very high association between the Christmas and the Julebryg.

You can see the commercial here, and download a Wallpaper and screensaver which guarantee will bring you into christmas mood.

And when you get really hocked on Julebryg you buy your equipment in the snow shop, what else (-:

Snow equipment for boys

Snow equipment for girls

Anyway the beer actually tasted great, it is a dark beer a little bit stronger then a normal beer, with a very nice taste of Christmas (-:

So everybody in Croatia and other places in the world now you know what J-DAY is!

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New year’s day is comming. Since everyone is asking me how will I spend it, I started to think about: What’s the best way to spend holidays?

We just moved to new apartment that we like very much, and my husband agreed to stay at home. I’ll make my own christmas decorations, bake cookies and we’ll be with family. This year it will be traditional holiday. But, somehow, when I told that to our friends, I got the feeling that my idea is not good enough. One even asked me: what are you, an old lady?

That made me really thinking. And so I started making plans again. And found out I’m allmost too late. Oure friends already payed to some bar that is organising party. Other are going to Austria for skiing. Everyone has something organised! Nowone will be at home! I started caling arround to see if there is anything free. Nothing good enough! I was so sad going home, with a feeling of ruining holiday, because staying at home was my proposal.

So, when I came home, I gave my husband travel brochures (the only thing I coul find). He looked at them, and than laught: "My dear wife, what do you think I like more: skiing on cold wetter, or being at home in warm eating and laying on our couch?" Just the answer I needed!

Next time I’ll show you my self made christmas decorations!

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Two dearest saints to Croatian children are celebrated in December: St. Nicolas (6. 12.) and St. Lucia (13. 12.). Why? They bring sweets. Or at least that’s what our parents told us.

3 days ago St. Nicolas came, brought sweets in to homes and kindergartens. My sister’s son is 2 years old, just started to speak, but he can say St. Nicolas very well. Especially because, in the morning, the sock he had left on the window the evening before, was full with sweets. Since St Nicolas day, I’ve noticed some change in his behaviour he is kissing and hugging me more and listening more to what I say. Now I know why, he learned I Kindergarten about St Nicola. Although he is so small, he understood that St. Nicolas doesn’t give anything to bad kids. I guess he is already preparing for next year.

My sister, by the way told me that she had forgotten about St. Nicolas, so she had to run in market at nine in the evening. That made me laugh, I remember, when I was small, my mother also used to go somewhere late in the evening, day before St. Nicolas. Later I find out there is no St. Nicolas, and understood why in my sock I always could find same chocolates as in my favourite market here on Hvar.

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